39. STEPHEN-N. MATSUBA
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STEPHEN-N. MATSUBA is an academic who published a paper in 1987 entitled The Prism of war : Shaw's treatment of war in Arms and the man and Heartbreak house. STEPHEN-N. MATSUBA published this work as part of a team: Matsuba, Stephen N.. Here is a description of this work: Man,, critics examine Shaw's plays in terms of the subjects they deal with, but they often ignore what aspects of these subjects Shaw draws on or how he uses them. One subject that appears in many of his works is war. This thesis examines Shaw's treatment of war in Arms and the Man and Heartbreak House, and attempts to discover a common element between them that reveals something not only about the plays themselves, but also about Shaw's drama in general. The chapter on Arms and the Man notes how Shaw makes war a highly visible element of the play, but avoids dealing with issues directly related to war. Shaw does not draw on war itself, but on its image. The sources for Catherine's and Bluntschli's impressions of both war and Sergiusâ€"Lady Butler's paintings, the military melodrama and extravaganza, Tennyson's ..